SYDENHURST RAMBLERS v EMERITI, WEDNESDAY 12th
AUGUST 2015
SYDENHURST RAMBLERS
| T Evans (wk) c Purves B b Perves M | 37 | Fleming A | 7 | 2 | 16 | 2 | |
| A Foster b Fleming A | 12 | O’Neill P | 5 | 1 | 25 | 1 | |
| B Copeman c Purves A b Fleming A | 6 | Veira | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| R White c Purves W b Purves M | 25 | Purves M | 9 | 1 | 29 | 2 | |
| B Ward b Bates | 0 | Bates | 6 | 0 | 20 | 2 | |
| D Foster c Fleming T b O’Neill F | 24 | Purves B | 5 | 1 | 17 | 2 | |
| E De Silva c O’Neill b Bates | 1 | O’Neill F | 5 | 1 | 23 | 1 | |
| J Ireland c Fleming T b Purves B | 14 | ||||||
| S Swainson (c) lbw Purves B | 8 | ||||||
| S Bennison not out | 6 | ||||||
| I Marshall b O’Neill P | 0 |
Extras (w 3,nb 8, b 5,lb 2) 18
Total 162
30-2,44-3,92-1,93-4,97-5,100-7,142-8,151-6,159-9,162-11
EMERITI
| T Fleming c Foster D b White | 45 | Bennison | 6 | 1 | 25 | 0 | |
| W Purves (wk) b Marshall | 73 | Ireland | 6 | 0 | 50 | 0 | |
| M Purves not out | 15 | Foster D | 4 | 1 | 13 | 0 | |
| A Down not out | 21 | White | 7 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |
| B Purves | Marshall | 4 | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
| S Phillips (c) | Foster A | .5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| F O’Neill did not bat | |||||||
| A Fleming | |||||||
| K Bates | |||||||
| D Veira | |||||||
| P O’Neil |
Extras (w 1,b 8) 9
Total 163-2
112-1,129-2
EMERITI WIN BY 8 wkts
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Evans and Alan Foster got the Ramblers off to a brisk start until the
latter got a shooter, to be succeeded by Ben Copeman whose forays at
expansive driving before too long induced a catch behind in the 11th
over. With 68 scored in the first hour, Evans and Roger White continued
with a useful stand, but then both went caught within a run of each
other, the board then showing 93-3 – a reasonable base for a respectable
score, however two quick wickets changed matters, so half the side now
out for 100. Fortunately a stand of 42 by the elegant Doug Foster and
positive Joe Ireland restored some momentum and the score advanced, but
by the time 150 was reached both had gone. After a brief foray from the
captain, and an elegant and undefeated knock from Simon Bennison the
innings closed on 162 after 42 overs.
The Emeriti openers proceeded untroubled and passed
100 in the 18th over, with bowling changes having little
impact. Then the deserving White got a wicket from a fine catch at long
on by Doug Foster, followed shortly after by Ian Marshall bowling the
other opener, but with 129 then on the board and lots of overs and time
left the outcome was predictable – a very comfortable win for Emeriti.
Nonetheless, as always, an enjoyable match in a
long standing fixture. The bottom line is that the Ramblers didn’t get
enough runs to challenge Seb Phillips very capable visiting team.
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Old Georgian’s
Association -v- Sydenhurst Ramblers
Match Report
As a result of persistent rain, which started at 8am and
continued all day, the match at St George’s was abandoned without a ball being bowled.
Greatly to their credit, both teams turned up, knowing
that cricket was impossible. St George’s provided generous hospitality in the Old Boy’s Club and a splendid lunch in the pavilion, followed by presentations.
This was to have been the very last match that Malcolm
Hooker and Christopher Terry would have organised in the UK. For this rather special match, Malcolm’s brother, John, flew in from Guernsey. 19 of the Terry family turned up to support, the only one’s missing were Jonathan Snr, who is sailing in the Mediterranean and Jimmy who is looking after Brougham Hall.
The team for the day would have been as attached.
We now look forward to the
possibility of touring St Helena in May 2016, subject to the airport being open on schedule. |
The matches on 28 Jul v Hampshire Hogs, on 31
Jul v
Kenya Kongonis, and on 2
Aug v
Hampshire Maniacs are all cancelled.
SYDENHURST RAMBLERS v SUNBURY, 22nd JULY
2015
SYDENHURST RAMBLERS
R Williams c Plaha b Bedi S
36 Plaha 6 0 38 0
S Phillips b Bedi S
67 Chappell M 4 0 30 0
A Foster c Sohi b Bedi R 75 Bedi
S 7 0 42 2
D Foster NOT OUT 62
Greaves 7 0 38 0
W Kreihn NOT OUT
7 Chappell S 3 0 31 0
H Ward
Sohi R 4 0 38 0
S Swainson
Bedi
R 6.2 1 28 1
C Oosthuizen DID NOT BAT Sohi
I 2 0 6 0
J Oosthuizen
H Williams
S Bennison
Extras (w 3, nb 1, lb 5) 9
TOTAL 256-3d
109-2, 110-1, 249-3
SUNBURY
V Rathore c Williams R b Oosthuizen C 15
Oosthuizen C 8 2 28 1
I Sohi retired out
103 Williams
4 0 40 0
A Virsi c Phillips b Ward
10 Ward
3 0 23 1
R Bedi b Foster D
42 Bennison 4 0 47
0
R Sohi c Ward b Foster A 32
Oosthuizen J 4 0 51 0
M Chappell c & b Foster D
15 Foster D 5.5 1 31
2
J Plaha NOT OUT
18 Foster A 4 0 38
1
S Bedi NOT OUT 5
S Chappell DID NOT BAT
K Greaves DID NOT BAT
J Greaves DID NOT BAT
Extras (w 10, b 12, lb 2) 24
TOTAL 262-6
35-1, 63-3, 181-3, 227-5, 243-6
SYDENHURST RAMBLERS LOST BY 4 WKTS
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At Sunbury’s splendidly appointed ground, a high scoring match largely
as a result of a good pitch, a short boundary on one side, and
persistent short bowling by both teams. The Ramblers won the toss and
decided to bat and openers Seb Phillips and Rob Williams confidently
reached 100 in 16 overs before both departed. Numbers 3 and 4 Alan and
Doug Foster reunited on the cricket field for the first time since the
Corfu tour also put on a stylish and on occasions flamboyant 100
together. With play being held up for 35 minutes due to rain, the
declaration came in the 40th over,
with what looked like a competitive target. Sunbury chased confidently
and quickly and wickets were hard to come by, and although their
progress was slowed by good spells by Cameron Oosthuizen and Doug Foster
in the end they came home comfortably by 4 wickets with three overs to
spare.
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SYDENHURST RAMBLERS v NOMADS, 23rd JULY
2015
SYDENHURST RAMBLERS
S Swainson b Eyez
21 Yadav 8 0 37 2
S Phillips b Ayub
78 Eyez 8 1 33 1
W Kriehn lbw Page
0 Page 5 0 27 1
A Foster c Stokes b Sumner 16
Ayub 9 1 44 2
H Ward c Lane b Ayub 18
Sumner 8 2 35 2
B Ward lbw Smith
15 Smith 3 1 18 1
S Oakes c Lane b Sumner 4
R Chibisa b Yadav 31
T Oakes lbw Yadav 7
C Oosthuizen run out 2
J Oosthuizen NOT OUT 0
Extras (w 3, nb 2, b 12, lb 4) 21
TOTAL 213
60-1, 61-3, 107-5, 139-4, 150-4, 160-2, 182-6, 213-9, 213-10, 213-8
NOMADS
J Lane c Phillips b Kriehn 14
Oosthuizen C 7 2 34 1
M Blake c Foster b Oosthuizen C 0
Oakes S 5 0 23 0
A Ramjag RUN OUT 45
Kriehn 6 2 21 1
A Stokes c Chibisa b Oosthuizen J 41
Chibisa 3 0 31 0
A Smith b Oosthuizen J
0 Oosthuizen J 5 0 25 2
V Yadav NOT OUT 87
Oakes T 6.5 1 50 2
R Lashwayo b Oakes T
4 Ward H 2 0 28 0
S Ayub c & b Oakes T 0
C Page NOT OUT 8
O Eyez DID NOT BAT
P Sumner DID NOT BAT
Extras (w 11, nb 2, b 2)
15
TOTAL
214-7
1-2, 36-1, 107-4, 108-5, 122-3, 144-7, 162-8
SYDENHURST RAMBLERS LOST BY 3 WKTS
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Set against the imposing backdrop of Charterhouse School, Simon Swainson
won the toss and decided to bat. Fellow opener Seb Phillips set about
the acquisition of runs with fine drives and one particularly deft
reverse sweep and reached a fine successive half century. Despite
threatening a large total – batters starting to get in but then
departing, it was only a typically audacious flurry from Richard Chibisa
that brought a reasonably respectable score, sufficient to set Nomads 5
an over. With wickets being taken regularly by the Ramblers, aided by
good catching, a win always seemed on the cards, but uninhibited
striking by Yadav prevented this and the visitors came home with 3 overs
remaining.
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SYDENHURST RAMBLERS v REIGATE PILGRIMS, SUNDAY 14th JUNE
2015
SYDENHURST RAMBLERS
J Straker c Janardanaan b Wood 21 Wise 12 4 31 0
J Lowe c Mitchell b Wood 7 Wood 8 2 20 2
J Prynne c Bushe b Mitchell 6 Mitchell 9 3 21 3
J Hamilton retired hurt 35 Nathervani 3 0 11 0
D Prynne run out 9 Burgess 5 0
34 0
R Chibisa c Wise b Baty 6 Baty 6.3 0 32
3
D Wrenn c Kandasamy b Baty 15
S Swainson c ? b Mitchell 11
S Oakes st Bushe b Baty 17
T Oakes c Burgess b Mitchell 1
S Wilson not out 1
w 18, nb 2, b 4, lb 3 27
TOTAL: 156-9
30-1,41-2,59-3,89-5,95-6,122-7,150-8,155-10
REIGATE PILGRIMS
N Kandasamy c Swainson b Oakes T 22 Wrenn 7
1 20 0
R Janardanaan b Wilson 0
Wilson 7 3 15 2
G Burgess c Chibisa b Wilson 22 Oakes
T 7 1 24 2
B George c Prynne J b Prynne D 14 Prynne D
7 0 30 3
D Kanagarajah c Wrenn b Oakes T 2 Chibisa
3 3 0 1
M Nathervani not out 13 Oakes
S 2.4 0 5 2
G Mitchell c Chibisa b Prynne D 0
M Wood c & b Prynne D 10
C Wise c Swainson b Chibisa 0
D Baty c & b Oakes S 0
A Bushe lbw Oakes S 0
w 9, nb 2, b 9, lb 1 21
TOTAL 104
2-1,36-3,59-4,74-1,81-5,81-7,91-8,95-9,104-10,104-11
SYDENHURST RAMBLERS WIN BY 52 RUNS.
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On an overcast day at Betchworth, for the first home based match of
the season, the team met for pre-match lunch and drinks at the Red Lion
next door to the ground, and the opportunity taken to welcome back James
Straker and family on a visit from Miami. Having just finished lunch in
time to allow for a marginally respectable start at 2.15, the home team
put the Ramblers in.
Old friends James Straker and Fred Lowe started steadily, with the
former, despite now being more familiar with a baseball bat, conjuring
five boundaries in a brisk knock. The rather grassy track with uneven
bounce was proving quite difficult, and progress was sedate rather than
dashing, with only 51 on the board after 20 overs (and despite a modicum
of elegance from John Prynne). Some acceleration was clearly needed and
this was provided in brief but delicious vignettes from David Prynne,
Richard Chibisa and Dan Wrenn, supported the while at the other end by
skipper John Hamilton – who unfortunately then had to retire having
pulled not one but both hamstrings. The scoring rate then necessarily
picked with some lusty striking and hard running from Simons Swainson
and Oakes. With the close on 156 after 43.3 overs, the general view at
that point was that another 20/30 runs would have made the match
situation more comfortable.
After an excellent tea, and with scorer/super sub Brian Davenport taking
the field in lieu of the skipper, the contrasting styles of Dan Wrenn
and Simon ‘Guns’ Wilson took the ball, with early success for the latter
with his big inswing inducing a ‘play on’. Wrenn supported quickly and
well but without success – a fact noted then and later with some relish
by his team mates. The Pilgrims progressed reasonably comfortably and
after 18 overs when the last 20 began were on 44-2, therefore needing
between 5 and 6 an over. At 81-5 with 13 overs left they were still in
touch, but Tim Oakes and David Prynne (whose spell got better and better
the longer he bowled) had been whittling the wickets away – supported by
really good catching, and continued to do so in their 7 over spells.
With 7 wickets down and the score on 91 the coup de grace was then
administered by Simon Oakes and Richard Chibisa with 5 overs to spare
and a 52 run margin.
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SYDENHURST RAMBLERS IN CORFU 23rd –
28th MAY 2015
A
Ramblers party with a number of tour debutants gathered at Stansted on
21st May, and at
Heathrow on the 23rd for
adventure number 20, this time to Greece, in particular to the island of
Corfu. The ‘advance party’ of five left a couple of days earlier to have
more holiday time on the island before the cricket began. 17 more flew
in on the Saturday, via Athens, to join the others, to be met by our
splendid host Nikos Louvros of Cricket Corfu. So it was a party of 22
that were then lodged at the Cavalieri Hotel, itself a very convenient
few minutes walk from the centre of Old Corfu Town and the venue of the
first match. The first port of call on arrival was the outstanding
rooftop bar on the top of the hotel where cold beers were seen off with
alacrity. That vital matter having been addressed it was off to local
restaurant the Bougenvillia and an early introduction to the first class
Greek food and drink, including kleftiko, calamari, safritso and so on –
and some very decent house red.
Sunday 24th began
with a leisurely morning and lunch, prior to the late afternoon 20/20
match v Atlas CC at the historic Liston Platea ground. Without much
knowledge of relative standards, skipper John Hamilton chose to bat on
the ‘interesting’ and small ground – in terms of conditions. Graham
Boxall and Doug Foster it was who opened up against some benign bowling
with the required plastic ball (a safety requirement for nearby local
onlookers not versed in cricket). The pair having had a look then
advanced the score to 82 before, in the 13th over,
Foster was caught behind, to be replaced by Richard Chibisa whose first
scoring shot, inimitably, was a 6. Boxall was by now well into his
stride and and continued to pepper the car park (some of it part of the
outfield) and café society lounging on the other side, and eventually
went for 107 out of 168 (16 4s and 3 6s) – his 6th tour
100. It included 34 off an over from the hapless Papapopolous. Lively
support continued at the other end from Chibisa and a finishing cameo
from Rob Ward allowed a total of 185-4, with Dom Childs contributing a
rugged red-inker. After tea, Atlas began their response but quickly fell
prey to opening bowlers Harrison Ward and Alan Foster each with two
wickets, followed up by David Powell and Mario Picceri with three and
one respectively, so that with batter 11 Koronakis deciding (arguably
wisely) to go home early, the 9th wicket
fell at 19 to a run out – a winning margin for the Ramblers of 166 runs.
After the first fines session at the rooftop bar, managed faultlessly by
Terry Boxall, with 3 year old Louis collecting the readies, it was off
to another splendid restaurant for dinner.
SYDENHURST RAMBLERS
| G Boxall c ? | b Bekios M | 107 | Orammenoe | 4 | 0 | 180 | 1 |
| D Foster c ? | b Tsakarakis | 20 | Koronakis | 4 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| RChibisa c ? | Orammenoe | 29 | Tsagarakis | 4 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| R Ward c ? | Koronakis | 13 | Bekios M | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| D Childs not out | 2 | Papapapoulos | 2 | 0 | 48 | 0 | |
| A Foster did not bat | Bekios L | 2 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| B Ward did not bat | |||||||
| H Ward did not bat | |||||||
| D Powell did not bat | |||||||
| J Hamilton did not bat | |||||||
| M Picceri did not bat | |||||||
| Extras w6, nb3 b5 | 14 | ||||||
Total 185-4
82-2,168-1,174-3,185-4
ATLAS CC
| Tzoras | b Foster | 3 | Ward H | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Tsagarakis | b Ward H | 0 | Foster | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Orammenoe | b Ward H | 0 | Powell | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 |
| Bekios L | lbw Powell | 5 | Picceri | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Kontoulis | b Foster | 0 | Ward B | .5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pranos c Hamilton | b Powell | 2 | |||||
| Parapopoulos c Picceri | b Powell | 1 | |||||
| Bekios M not out | 2 | ||||||
| Moraitis c Picceri | b Picceri | 0 | |||||
| Kolovos run out | 6 | ||||||
| Koronakis absent | |||||||
| Extras 0 | 0 | ||||||
Total 19-9
3-2,3-3,3-1,3-5,6-6,11-4,12-7,19-9,19-10
It
was straight into match 2 on Monday 25th, and a very
different scenario. Although scheduled to be against Hellas CC, the
match was in fact against a Corfu Select XI at Gouvia Marina, a few
miles up the coast and a good sized ground. After a presentation from
the Chairman of the Hellenic Cricket Federation and pleasantries
exchanged, business began. In a 35 over a side match, the toss was won
again and the Ramblers batted, this time with David Coles and Rob Ward
starting. Against a much better attack than the day before, progress was
cautious, and wickets fell – 28-3 after 10 overs and 43-4 after 17 when
Graham Boxall went. An excellent stand of 84 followed, albeit not a
rapid one, by Ben Ward and an increasingly fluent Doug Foster, who
remained undefeated with 76, supported by vignettes from Richard Chibisa
and Harrison Ward and an unreasonably urgently run knock by John
Hamilton. The innings closed on 187-8. Corfu Select started briskly and
were soon ahead of the required rate, only losing their first wicket at
71 after 10 overs to a stumping by Hamilton off Boxall. This double act
secured a second wicket (to allow Graham to draw level with Chris
Terry’s 37 tour wickets) but it was too late to make a real difference.
Some catches were put down during the innings and some variable bowling
arguably made the difference; in the end the home team came through
comfortably in the 23rd over to win by 8 wickets. Post match it was a
short walk to Zorba’s (who else’s) restaurant for dinner and fines,
with, as entertainment, live music by a trio and a local hound attaching
itself to the tour manager, only to be distracted by a local cat (you
had to be there). After vast helpings of food it was off in the coach
once more and back to the hotel.
SYDENHURST RAMBLERS
| D Coles c Katehis | b Nikokavouvras | 6 | Nikokavouvras | 7 | 1 | 39 | 1 |
| R Ward c Katehis | b Demsias | 14 | Souvlakis | 7 | 1 | 35 | 1 |
| D Childs | b Demsias | 0 | Asir | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| G Boxall c Souvlakis | b Manoosis | 12 | Demsias | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| B Ward | b Calouvrio | 33 | Manoosis | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| D Foster not out | 76 | Boozis | 3 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
| R Chibisa c ? | b Souvlakis | 6 | Laroof | 4 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
| H Ward c ? | b Boozis | 12 | Calouvrio | 3 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| J Hamilton c ? | b Laroof | 16 | Moly | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| A Foster not out | 2 | ||||||
| M Picceri did not bat | |||||||
| Extras w9,nb1 | 10 | ||||||
Total 187-8
16-1,26-2,28-3,43-4,127-5,138-7,152-8,185-9
CORFU SELECT XI
| Moly st Hamilton | b Boxall | 23 | Ward H | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| Nikokavouvras st Hamilton | b Boxall | 81 | Chibisa | 3 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| Souvlakis not out | 26 | Picerri | 6 | 0 | 44 | 0 | |
| Manoosis not out | 12 | Boxall | 7 | 0 | 47 | 2 | |
| Larakafitios | Foster | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Katehis | Foster D | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Demsias | Childs | 0.4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Laroof | |||||||
| Calouvrio | |||||||
| Asir | |||||||
| Extras w8,nb2,b3 | 13 | ||||||
Total 188-2
71-1, 134-2
Tuesday
was the ‘free day’ for people to do their own thing, but as it happened
the excellent Nikos had arranged a special lunch followed by a boat
trip. The lunch was wonderful freshly made tsatsiki and calamari,
followed by just caught and perfectly grilled dorado fish with Greek
salad, accompanied by some tolerably nice white. Then a few yards walk
to the Calypso, a glass bottomed boat, for an hour’s submarine viewing
and sea lion display; all very entertaining. The by now established
ritual of meeting at the rooftop bar and dinner saw the evening taken
care of.
Wednesday was the day for the looked forward to third and final match
again at Gouvia Marina, this time against Byron CC. The party set off
early to take advantage of the swimming pool at the Marina on what
looked like being a warm, pleasant day. As the time for the match got
nearer however, the clouds started to gather and a torrential downpour
followed, making it quite impossible to play a match, A great pity –
especially as it turned out it hadn’t rained anywhere else on the
island. As it was the last full day it was time for the tour dinner –
but before setting off everyone met as usual at the rooftop bar with
it’s fantastic views, for some bracers and presentations. The dinner was
a short walk away in the town at the Pipisteria, sitting outside under
awnings, and was yet another fine Greek meal, with as tradition
demanded, all the men wearing their Ramblers
ties, and with the ladies, as always, glamorous to a fault. With the
final fines session at the end conducted with verve by Steve Andow, and
collected with by now great expertise and enthusiasm by Louis Boxall, it
was back once more for a final drink (or two) at the hotel.
It was sadly time to leave on Thursday after what had been a very
pleasant few days in an especially friendly place, and with all the new
tourists appearing to enjoy themselves thoroughly. All in all, pretty
much what a Ramblers tour is expected and supposed to be.
ROOF TOP BAR AT THE CAVALIERI HOTEL BEFORE LEAVING FOR TOUR
DINNER, 27th MAY
2015
Kevin Lillis, Doug Foster, Ben Ward, Brian Davenport, Maggie Hamilton,
Alison Ward, Harrison Ward, Rob Ward, Steve Andow, David Coles, Dom
Childs, Gill Mortensen, John Hamilton, Jo Coughlan, Terry Boxall,
Rosemary Lillis, Louis Boxall, Richard Chibisa, Graham Boxall, Mario
Picceri, David Powell, Alan Foster
SYDENHURST RAMBLERS TOURING PARTY TO CORFU, 23RD –
28th MAY 2015 – at LISTON
PLATEA
Standing : Brian Davenport, David Coles, Graham Boxall, Rosemary Lillis,
David Powell, John Hamilton, Mario Picceri, Harrison Ward, Dom Childs,
Kevin Lillis
Kneeling : Doug Foster, Ben Ward, Alan Foster, Rob Ward, Richard Chibisa,
Steve Andow
Seated : Gill Mortensen, Terry Boxall (and Louis), Alison Ward, Maggie
Hamilton (not in picture : Jo Coughlan)
SYDENHURST RAMBLERS V ATLAS CC
, SUNDAY 24th MAY
2015
Standing : Brian Davenport, David Coles, Graham Boxall, David
Powell, John Hamilton, Mario Picceri, Harrison Ward, Dom Childs
Kneeling : Doug Foster, Ben Ward, Alan Foster, Rob Ward, Richard Chibisa